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you see in these polls, repeatedly that romney does much better among likely voters as opposed to registered voters and the pollsters try to ask a series of questions to figure out, are you really going to vote or maybe going to vote? and what they're seeing is stronger enthusiasm for romney and that's why he does better among likely voters. republicans feel that part of that comes out that have debate. >> the impact of the poll, you talked about the gallup poll which some people criticize for showing a seven-point lead but the important thing is it helps republican campaigns, it shows republicans he can win. all these republicans who have doubted, he hasn't won a great campaign, president al -- suddenly looking at this campaign saying, hey, this could work. maybe we need to go out and do more. >> you see that at romney's rallies where he shows up and they explode in a way that usually hasn't been associated -- gwen: i heard in north carolina there were record lines to early vote this time, even more so than last time. >> the other side of that coin is there's opportunity for obama, if these
you see in these polls, repeatedly that romney does much better among likely voters as opposed to registered voters and the pollsters try to ask a series of questions to figure out, are you really going to vote or maybe going to vote? and what they're seeing is stronger enthusiasm for romney and that's why he does better among likely voters. republicans feel that part of that comes out that have debate. >> the impact of the poll, you talked about the gallup poll which some people...
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i think the polls before showed him like 51% thought he was going to win. 29% thought romney was going to win. compare this to previous incumbents. was it an incumbent's curse at the first debate? >> i think there's some of that but in contrast to some of those previous cases where an incumbent had problems in the first debate. ronald reagan in 1984 lost his train of thought if his first statement. gwen: on the pacific coast highway. >> right. and it gave rise to questions as -- if he was too old. this was a case that i thought from start to finish governor romney was the dominant character in the debate. he was much more forceful so in that sense its it was a much more decisive case of somebody winning and somebody losing. >> there wasn't that single moment that memorable you're no jack kennedy kind of putdown. it was very strong substantive. in fact, the president said this was a terrific debate. he might not have thought that later whether he got to reviews. >> if you look at romney's opening statements, he touched all the things he needed to. he talked about voters in ohio and neva
i think the polls before showed him like 51% thought he was going to win. 29% thought romney was going to win. compare this to previous incumbents. was it an incumbent's curse at the first debate? >> i think there's some of that but in contrast to some of those previous cases where an incumbent had problems in the first debate. ronald reagan in 1984 lost his train of thought if his first statement. gwen: on the pacific coast highway. >> right. and it gave rise to questions as -- if...
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and we're not going to let romney get away with it. >> ifill: as polls showed an election day dead heat, romney accused santorum of using dirty tricks to win. >> it's very easy to excite the base with incendiary comments. we've seen throughout the campaign that if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are accuse tiff and attacking president obama that you're going to jump up in the polls. you know, i'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. i am who i am. >> ifill: left unmentioned in santorum calls the former pennsylvania senators opposed all bailouts. santorum campaigning in ohio where voters go to the polls next week defended his efforts to woo democrats as an appeal to working class values. >> it's a message that is playing well. hopefully very well today in michigan. ( applause ) and it's a message that we're selling to not just republicans but republicans and democrats, reagan democrats. who are the key for us winning ohio and pennsylvania and michigan back in the day when ronald reagan represented a republican party that stood for all of the va
and we're not going to let romney get away with it. >> ifill: as polls showed an election day dead heat, romney accused santorum of using dirty tricks to win. >> it's very easy to excite the base with incendiary comments. we've seen throughout the campaign that if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are accuse tiff and attacking president obama that you're going to jump up in the polls. you know, i'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. i am...
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several new polls showed mitt romney also taking an early lead in the palmetto state, with rick santorum rising as well. at a rally in conway, the former massachusetts governor took aim at president obama's new defense initiative. >> yesterday, he announced a major program to reduce the capacity of our military. inexcusable, and unthinkable and it must be reversed. we have to protect our military. ( applause ) >> woodruff: meanwhile, arizona senator john mccain, who is traveling with romney, chastised other g.o.p. candidates for their support of earmarks, federal funds members of congress direct to specific projects back home. >> when newt gingrich was speaker of the house, earmarks exploded. when rick santorum sponsored earmark after earmark, i went down to the floor and fought against those. >> woodruff: santorum held a series of town halls throughout new hampshire today. in dublin, he defended himself against the earmark attacks, saying he was doing right by his home state of pennsylvania. >> so you can say earmarks are bad. there are men and women who have an improved quality of life
several new polls showed mitt romney also taking an early lead in the palmetto state, with rick santorum rising as well. at a rally in conway, the former massachusetts governor took aim at president obama's new defense initiative. >> yesterday, he announced a major program to reduce the capacity of our military. inexcusable, and unthinkable and it must be reversed. we have to protect our military. ( applause ) >> woodruff: meanwhile, arizona senator john mccain, who is traveling...
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gwen: john: >> mitt romney will not be president unless he outperforms the polls if the polls are not capturing the intensity behind mitt romney's superintendent porers or in some way they're exaggerating president obama's support -- gwen: where is the intensity right now? is it with the republicans or the democrats? >> we have it equal. in our polls they're equally inspired. that's exactly right. >> republicans think they have an advantage. >> it's dispor portion -- disproportion nat with white voters. african-americans are also pretty energized but latinos which the president is dominating are not. young voters are not. both of those are underperforming in terms of interest in the election and motivation. that's where the president's challenge is. he's got to make sure that he could harvest all the votes that shows up in these polls from latinos and from young voters. >> and gwen, just to follow on amy's point, barack obama sbrang to celebrity status with that speech of not white america, red, america. if he wins he's going to win because he was the president of black america, hispa
gwen: john: >> mitt romney will not be president unless he outperforms the polls if the polls are not capturing the intensity behind mitt romney's superintendent porers or in some way they're exaggerating president obama's support -- gwen: where is the intensity right now? is it with the republicans or the democrats? >> we have it equal. in our polls they're equally inspired. that's exactly right. >> republicans think they have an advantage. >> it's dispor portion --...
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he didn't win it decisively but governor romney didn't win it decisively. gwen: we promised you that there would be truth and consequence. first up, for the president and the house speaker as the government faces mandatory year end spending cuts and tax hikes, let's make a deal. >> i don't want to box myself in. i don't want to box anybody else in. i think it's important for us to come into agreement with the president but this is his opportunity to lead. >> right noit, if congress fails to come to an agreement on an overall deficit reduction package by the end of the year, everybody's taxes will automatically go up, everybody. including the 98% of americans who make less than $250,000. and that makes no sense. >> there you have it, the sounds of gaunt lents being thrown down. 24 hours later, who picks it up, john? >> all the same players in the same chairs an they're all behaving in the same way. there is a couple of things of change. the president is no longer going to be up for election so republicans in theory could work with him without fearing that wh
he didn't win it decisively but governor romney didn't win it decisively. gwen: we promised you that there would be truth and consequence. first up, for the president and the house speaker as the government faces mandatory year end spending cuts and tax hikes, let's make a deal. >> i don't want to box myself in. i don't want to box anybody else in. i think it's important for us to come into agreement with the president but this is his opportunity to lead. >> right noit, if congress...
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>> it's interesting poll after poll shows romney has had success in convincing people he would do a better job with the economy. a lot of polls show him ahead on that measure but the same polls, poll after poll, show people just like the president more. they think he is -- understands their struggles, he gets them. it's interesting that we have been talking so long about this election, about the economy, but yet people seem to be as close as the polls are, kind of going more with their heart than their head at this point. gwen: it was interesting to me this week, the congressional budget office came out with a report showing that if we cross the fiscal cliff without action from conditioning, it's recession, dire report. either campaign picked up on that. i was surprised. >> they don't want to talk about that right now. gwen: why not? >> because it involves speaking frankly to voters about very tough choices. now, we may hear some of this from paul ryan next week because he has a budget blueprint aimed at bringing the data and deficit more under control. gwen: that's what he's known for. >>
>> it's interesting poll after poll shows romney has had success in convincing people he would do a better job with the economy. a lot of polls show him ahead on that measure but the same polls, poll after poll, show people just like the president more. they think he is -- understands their struggles, he gets them. it's interesting that we have been talking so long about this election, about the economy, but yet people seem to be as close as the polls are, kind of going more with their...
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consistently polls show mitt romney behind and they had to make a judgment that they were on a trajectory to lose the race. you do something bold and have the electorate look at the ticket in a whole new way that's what they did. i'm not sure i agree with you that many republicans are out there saying right on. >> some are worried. >> certainly privately the operative class in washington. but the people who work in politics were uniformly ranging from anxious to skeptical into outright hostile. >> because the democrats were so excited about it. >> this now makes it a clear contrast and these people felt it was better if you could keep the focus on president o bam -- obama. >> they tried to start to come back together to not allow democrats to try to divide them on medicare. they're trying to unite about medicare and go back after the democratic ticket on this question because it will reassure, i think, the base of their party and those who are nervous in some of these house races or senate races in some ways they're going to have a strategy to push back as opposed to being vulnerable to b
consistently polls show mitt romney behind and they had to make a judgment that they were on a trajectory to lose the race. you do something bold and have the electorate look at the ticket in a whole new way that's what they did. i'm not sure i agree with you that many republicans are out there saying right on. >> some are worried. >> certainly privately the operative class in washington. but the people who work in politics were uniformly ranging from anxious to skeptical into...
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today that is usually a pretty good poll that shows romney with a very large lead in florida, i don't think he has that but they need to find a way so that going into the last two weeks with i the debates they hope helping them more they have got one or two or three paths to get to 27 at this, they are not if you talk to honest republicans they are not overwhelmingly confident that, you know, for months they said we would rather be us than them, i don't think you heard too many honest republicans saying that now but he think they have a chance if the next debate goes well, on the other side, their strategy is, their premise is we have got to lead, the electorial college is still very much tilting toward them and that they believe that their ground game is vastly enter superior, and early voting and the mechanics of turning people out on voting day they think are significantly better and i think based on what i have been able to learn that is not a crazy position to have and they want to go back to doing what they have done so well and i think you will see subterranean messaging on thi
today that is usually a pretty good poll that shows romney with a very large lead in florida, i don't think he has that but they need to find a way so that going into the last two weeks with i the debates they hope helping them more they have got one or two or three paths to get to 27 at this, they are not if you talk to honest republicans they are not overwhelmingly confident that, you know, for months they said we would rather be us than them, i don't think you heard too many honest...
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and "the washington post," we poll with abc, had a double-digit advantage over mitt romney in terms of his partisans being enthusiastic about him. we did a poll last week that suggested that romney has closed that gap quite a bit and there's one reason -- paul ryan. >> i was going to say, if you talk about enthusiasm gap, look at the gap between top and second guy on the republican ticket. this is the second straight republican convention that is -- that fell in love with its vice presidental nominee and thinks the nominee is just ok. >> now very conservative voters are as enthusiastic about the romney ticket as very liberal voters have been about obama. gwen: as paul ryan a great help to mitt romney as joe biden was at this time four years ago for barack obama? >> oh, yeah. i definitely think so. gwen: you do? his speech got some criticism for being selective in its facts, is what -- >> that's a whole other interesting dynamic of where we are in this race and that is do facts matter? watch at the white house or with the obama campaign the frustration that they feel because as the p
and "the washington post," we poll with abc, had a double-digit advantage over mitt romney in terms of his partisans being enthusiastic about him. we did a poll last week that suggested that romney has closed that gap quite a bit and there's one reason -- paul ryan. >> i was going to say, if you talk about enthusiasm gap, look at the gap between top and second guy on the republican ticket. this is the second straight republican convention that is -- that fell in love with its...
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swing between romney and gingrich on the air war. when you're out there face to face with the candidates and crowds do you get the sense it's a fluid race and people are are still in the process of making up or even changing their minds? >> well, it's very interesting. usually by the end of these campaigns the last week we begin to see a little bit of blase set in on the part of voters. could you just take this stuff off the television. will the robo calls stop coming to my house and sending me mail. we see hundreds still showing up at campaign rallies and the driving rain to see people, to hear people and that doesn't even count steven colbert who drew 400 people at the college of charelston in an in a joking way but the seriousness is people are still curious. i've been talking to people and they're trying to decide. the pollsters at the palmetto state poll when they asked voters why they were changing their minds or shifting from one to another they couldn't really give a clear answer and so when we see last-minute issues like thi
swing between romney and gingrich on the air war. when you're out there face to face with the candidates and crowds do you get the sense it's a fluid race and people are are still in the process of making up or even changing their minds? >> well, it's very interesting. usually by the end of these campaigns the last week we begin to see a little bit of blase set in on the part of voters. could you just take this stuff off the television. will the robo calls stop coming to my house and...
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. >> ifill: the scene around romney was led by wide margins in every pre-election poll. it was chaotic this morning. >> very exciting. >> ifill: plenty of supporters were on hand to greet him outside a manchester school. one of the state's largest polling places. huntsman, whose standing has suddenly risen during the what's week, hoped to duplicate the dixville notch results elsewhere in the state and perhaps surge into second place. he skipped iowa to focus on new hampshire. >> we've done everything humanly possible over the last many months. now the voters of this state who i know are well informed. they're going to turn out and make a decision that they feel strongly about. >> ifill: romney's other rivals also worked to chip away at his lead as they fought through the election day media crush but none of them went as far as to predict an upset. former speaker of the house newt gingrich actually conceded a romney victory last night. >> texas congressman ron paul who placed third in iowa worked to hold on to his solid second place poll standing here to come in as new ha
. >> ifill: the scene around romney was led by wide margins in every pre-election poll. it was chaotic this morning. >> very exciting. >> ifill: plenty of supporters were on hand to greet him outside a manchester school. one of the state's largest polling places. huntsman, whose standing has suddenly risen during the what's week, hoped to duplicate the dixville notch results elsewhere in the state and perhaps surge into second place. he skipped iowa to focus on new hampshire....
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there were so much talk of skewed polls. after the election the romney campaign said they just couldn't believe that the obama operation was capable of doing this. >> karen, to what extent do we think that the electorate that they produced in 2008 and 2012 is a function of obama himself as opposed to the changing face of the country? >> it's both of those things. i mean, it is -- it is unclear whether the kind of appeal that barack obama had for young people, for instance, could translate to some other candidate. certainly it's the case with the african-american vote. but the fact is the republicans are up against a real demographic problem here because they won the white male vote handily this time. and the problem was that this was the first election that that really wasn't enough. and that is a foretaste of what they're looking forward in coming elections. >> there's been a lot of handwritten outcome about money. at the end of the election it turns out that barack obama had raised a billion dollars, nearly a quarter of th
there were so much talk of skewed polls. after the election the romney campaign said they just couldn't believe that the obama operation was capable of doing this. >> karen, to what extent do we think that the electorate that they produced in 2008 and 2012 is a function of obama himself as opposed to the changing face of the country? >> it's both of those things. i mean, it is -- it is unclear whether the kind of appeal that barack obama had for young people, for instance, could...
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remarkable new polls showing the president leading mitt romney in a head-to-head, 19 points or something like that. >> among women. gwen: among women. and as a result, we see everybody trying to figure out how to fight back or get into this. earlier this week, we heard ann romney, mitt romney's wife, speaking to women voters. >> women are talking about jobs. women are talking about deficit spending. thank you, women. we need you. we all need you in november, too. we have to remember why we're upset and what we've got to do to fix things. gwen: and earlier today, we saw barack obama in the rose garden at the white house or not in the rose garden but at the white house talking to women's economic conference. and obviously trying to make that same appeal in a different way. >> there's been a lot of talk about women and women's issues lately as there should be. but i do think that the conversation has been oversimplified. women are not some monolithic bloc. women are not an interest group. [applause] you shouldn't be treated that way. gwen: they liked that. they weren't an interest group. i
remarkable new polls showing the president leading mitt romney in a head-to-head, 19 points or something like that. >> among women. gwen: among women. and as a result, we see everybody trying to figure out how to fight back or get into this. earlier this week, we heard ann romney, mitt romney's wife, speaking to women voters. >> women are talking about jobs. women are talking about deficit spending. thank you, women. we need you. we all need you in november, too. we have to remember...
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we then went to the polls. almost every state is in a statistical tie. >> i'm tired of seeing that one with romney singing. is there a point in which these don't move because there's so much money on each side? >> yes, the thinking is this year, even though one -- the president says he may be outspent and that's entirely possible, the cycle, that he'll have enough money to get his message out. so it's not like one side can get a clear advantage at the presidential level and will have pretty much a fair argument where everyone can assess the two sides and where it really could make a huge difference is in the house and the senate. we saw signs of this in the last cycle where we had half democratic incumbent with millions in the bank running against republican challengers with a few hundred thousand. they weren't running against that person but karl rove and the american crossroads and the super-pacs. gwen: you'll hear a lot more of romney singing. we will have more on the campaign spending story when the convers
we then went to the polls. almost every state is in a statistical tie. >> i'm tired of seeing that one with romney singing. is there a point in which these don't move because there's so much money on each side? >> yes, the thinking is this year, even though one -- the president says he may be outspent and that's entirely possible, the cycle, that he'll have enough money to get his message out. so it's not like one side can get a clear advantage at the presidential level and will...
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and the latest poll indicates he's running a strong second to romney. but recent reports about extreme statements he's made in the past add to his challenge after iowa. >> i think what voters like about him is that he represents their anger at what's happened with government. and he represents dramatic change at a time when people are quibbling over what seems like small things. but at the end of the day he's also... he ties with michele bachmann as the least electable. i think that's what this is coming down to. do i want to send a message or do i want someone who can win? >> i'm calling to ask for your vote on tuesday night. >> woodruff: the pollsters say more than ever this year the results will depend on who shows up at the caucuses tuesday night. not only which candidates get out their supporters but also unique to the caucuses, how persuasive are the people who have made up their minds. >> if you walk into your caucus and hear somebody who you respect their opinion, you know they're highly involved, they put a lot of thought into it, they deliver
and the latest poll indicates he's running a strong second to romney. but recent reports about extreme statements he's made in the past add to his challenge after iowa. >> i think what voters like about him is that he represents their anger at what's happened with government. and he represents dramatic change at a time when people are quibbling over what seems like small things. but at the end of the day he's also... he ties with michele bachmann as the least electable. i think that's...
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, people who might have been thinking i am going run to the polls and vote against romney may not decide to do that now because i think he did successfully lower the fear factor. you know coopting all of his positions, being mr. reasonable and mr. plausible it really wasn't a scary performance so people who are not as engrossed in politics might think well he is not really so bad, i don't have to worry about him. >> >> rose: there is also this idea, everything i have been reading says the america wants barack obama to lay out what he intend to do in the second term, that voters are disappointed, they haven't heard that. but he didn't seem to address that tonight either, and they were using this debate to go wherever they wanted to go, why doesn't he try to meet that objection to his candidacy? >> he did try a little bit tonight, charlie, it is just when people say they don't fine it that nourishing,. >> rose: but don't like it or what? >> yes, heard themable, he heard them, he went to manufacturing he did the manufacturing, he did the education, he did the infrastructure, i mean, the rea
, people who might have been thinking i am going run to the polls and vote against romney may not decide to do that now because i think he did successfully lower the fear factor. you know coopting all of his positions, being mr. reasonable and mr. plausible it really wasn't a scary performance so people who are not as engrossed in politics might think well he is not really so bad, i don't have to worry about him. >> >> rose: there is also this idea, everything i have been reading...
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if you look at the exit polls, those who wanted somebody to beat barack obama, they went for romney 61% to 24% over santorum. gwen: electability was the key. >> right. then people who wanted strong moral character, they went for santorum by 4130eu7b9s and people who wanted a true conservative, a 40-point margin for santorum. so you have two parties within -- >> totally. and that's the fight, i mean, that's the fight. which republican party is it going to be? voters 50 and over, mitt romney. 100,000 and over, income $100,000 and over, mitt romney. and, again, electability, mitt romney. moral character. so the romney coalition is older, richer, more -- less risk taking. gwen: more pragmatic. >> and less strongly conservative. self-identified very conservative voters who strongly support the tea party are still generally going towards rick santorum. >> the thing to watch in michigan -- excuse me, in ohio that he did in michigan was that romney was able to eat into santorum's base, get more -- he won republicans. 60% of the folks who voted in michigan, he won them by 11 points. he was able
if you look at the exit polls, those who wanted somebody to beat barack obama, they went for romney 61% to 24% over santorum. gwen: electability was the key. >> right. then people who wanted strong moral character, they went for santorum by 4130eu7b9s and people who wanted a true conservative, a 40-point margin for santorum. so you have two parties within -- >> totally. and that's the fight, i mean, that's the fight. which republican party is it going to be? voters 50 and over, mitt...
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. >> do you think they know that the polls show they're less popular? >> i think they do they're so low that i'm not sure they're not going to go any lower. it's not going to affect them anymore than it already has and by the political outlook, republicans aren't confident they're not going to lose their majority. they put them on a 10-seat law on the high end and they're ready to take that. >> in the olden days you would say grass roots lobbying. call your congress person and make sure they're doing what we told them to do. are they hearing it or not hearing it at all? >> i think they're hearing. there are congressmen who want to move this bill. >> is the problem there is no immediate impact in people's lives? >> yeah. >> they put in a stop-gap for instance or the postal service is going to default -- >> your mail isn't going to stop in august there. 's this idea we can deal with it later. and if there's no immediate threat, i feel like congress doesn't want to do anything. there's just a gridlock that's frozen in place. >> can anything change that? is
. >> do you think they know that the polls show they're less popular? >> i think they do they're so low that i'm not sure they're not going to go any lower. it's not going to affect them anymore than it already has and by the political outlook, republicans aren't confident they're not going to lose their majority. they put them on a 10-seat law on the high end and they're ready to take that. >> in the olden days you would say grass roots lobbying. call your congress person and...
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and create an opening for romney. with that in mind, the former massachusetts governor campaigned in rainy mobile, alabama, today winning the endorsement of comedian jeff foxworthy. meanwhile on nbc's today show, rick santorum was doing his own calculation. and insisting that romney won't win if the contest goes to the republican convention. >> they are not going to nominate a moderate massachusetts governor who has been outspending his opponent 10 to 1 and can't win the election outright. what chance do we have in a general election if he can't... with the overwhelming money advantage be able to deliver in any kind of knockout blow to other candidates? >> woodruff: santorum did beat romney on saturday for a win in the kansas caucuses. but romney won in wyoming and did well enough in guam, the virgin islands and the mariannas to win the most delegates of the day. back in the south, newt gingrich focused on president obama and gas prices. today at a gulf coast energy summit in biloxi mississippi. >> the president is tr
and create an opening for romney. with that in mind, the former massachusetts governor campaigned in rainy mobile, alabama, today winning the endorsement of comedian jeff foxworthy. meanwhile on nbc's today show, rick santorum was doing his own calculation. and insisting that romney won't win if the contest goes to the republican convention. >> they are not going to nominate a moderate massachusetts governor who has been outspending his opponent 10 to 1 and can't win the election...
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of attention to the goll up there poll, romney behaved as if he believes in that gallup poll he is up by seven and won't do anything risky to alienate people and scare them, so i think that is -- that is, you know, where i think it still kind of things are leaning in his direction. >> rose: but does playing it safe win elections? >> well he won't play it safe on the economy which is the thing people care about so he plays it safe here so he is not objectionable, and, you know, his opening line, we can't kill our way out of this mess. and then just a constantly returning to a kind of a soft power. when you asked earlier about the i didn't critique he could have made of president obama, if you look looked back at the cairo speech, obama's speech to the muslim world, romney talk about in terms of the apology tour, well, if you look at what rahm emanuel said about that speech, he said it was the greatest historic speech in 20 year but it totally reset relations with the middle east and led into a period of peace, well it didn't turn out that way at all so the critique could have been, tha
of attention to the goll up there poll, romney behaved as if he believes in that gallup poll he is up by seven and won't do anything risky to alienate people and scare them, so i think that is -- that is, you know, where i think it still kind of things are leaning in his direction. >> rose: but does playing it safe win elections? >> well he won't play it safe on the economy which is the thing people care about so he plays it safe here so he is not objectionable, and, you know, his...
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but the national polls 'show everything is exactly frozen. we had a poll this week that showed that president obama is taking a bit of a hit on this as well. his ads -- the reason that his ads had to be pulled from television in colorado, a key swing state, is because they are so sharp and biting and that he is not projecting a positive message. that's one of the worries from his advisors and the white house is that -- i mean the thing he has going for him is people like him, and if he loses that, that's a problem of the gwen: what about the republicans who have been giving mitt romney the blues in the last week and saying, you know what, just release your taxes, you're making too much of a problem, or as johnson said, he's not really an american. someone else talked about barack obama's third world practice. everybody is kind of sharp in this. >> but i do think the fact that mitt romney is now taking fire from within his own party on the tax issue is going to make it that much harder. gwen: why do you think they're doing that? i mean, what i
but the national polls 'show everything is exactly frozen. we had a poll this week that showed that president obama is taking a bit of a hit on this as well. his ads -- the reason that his ads had to be pulled from television in colorado, a key swing state, is because they are so sharp and biting and that he is not projecting a positive message. that's one of the worries from his advisors and the white house is that -- i mean the thing he has going for him is people like him, and if he loses...
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i can think of very few races where the polls-- >> woodruff: i can quote cbs. this is a tweet from cbs reporter norah o'donnell quoting her colleague jan crawford greened berg as-- crawford, who has been covering the romney campaign. she's reporting that a senior romney adviser says that romney is not ready to concede and the associated press, i'm told, has just called virginia for president obama. 4r that's one more state in the count >> can the president go first, judy. >> are they waiting for dick morris to call it? >> he's got a big crowd there. does he just go down and say-- >> ifill: i imagine that's the conversation that's happening right now but none of us has a clue about what that conversation is. i do want to turn the corner. let's assume for a moment what we know holds and what we know is pretty overwhelming, especially with the call of virginia. what does the president do, first. he said immigration is at the top of his list. david, take the fiscal cliff and set it aside and think big picture. what does the president do in the second term? >> let's
i can think of very few races where the polls-- >> woodruff: i can quote cbs. this is a tweet from cbs reporter norah o'donnell quoting her colleague jan crawford greened berg as-- crawford, who has been covering the romney campaign. she's reporting that a senior romney adviser says that romney is not ready to concede and the associated press, i'm told, has just called virginia for president obama. 4r that's one more state in the count >> can the president go first, judy. >>...
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with the vitriol flying, late polls gave romney a double-digit lead. a survey of likely republican voters in florida showed him with a 14-point advantage. 43 to 29%. gingrich insisted he was closing the gap, but romney told report hes, quote, you can sense it's coming our way. elsewhere former pennsylvania senator rick santorum returned to campaigning today in missouri. he canceled weekend appearances in florida after his three-year-old daughter was hospitalized with pneumonia. and texas congressman ron paul kept his focus on states holding february caucuses where he's expected to perform better. but much of the focus in florida today remained on conservative voters. judy woodruff has been sampling their views leading up to the primary. ♪ o, say can you see? >> woodruff: the crowds who showed up in winter park on short notice for a tea party express bus tour to rally florida voters were smaller than they were a couple of years ago. that's when passionate tea party members helped usher in a powerful fiscally conservative presence in the u.s. congress.
with the vitriol flying, late polls gave romney a double-digit lead. a survey of likely republican voters in florida showed him with a 14-point advantage. 43 to 29%. gingrich insisted he was closing the gap, but romney told report hes, quote, you can sense it's coming our way. elsewhere former pennsylvania senator rick santorum returned to campaigning today in missouri. he canceled weekend appearances in florida after his three-year-old daughter was hospitalized with pneumonia. and texas...
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say, in governor romney's plan to restore the economy. they say they have -- have confidence in his economic leadership. even as commander in chief. that's one of the worrying signs here for the president. they don't know yet enough about mitt romney. but they still sort of are choosing someone else other than this incumbent president. which is why of course it's incumbent on this president and his vast campaign apparatus to start defining mitt romney. and really using a lot of these arguments of economic farness again like would he treat you fairly? more than an economic debate, it's a tax debate really. and it hasn't gotten very specific. the general election is just beginning. but mitt romney begins it in a pretty decent place. gwen: go ahead. >> the government yet -- i'm sorry. is there a conversation going on yet about whether either man has an economic plan beyond jobs that will solve the question of deficits and debt? has that debate been joined yet? or are we still dancing around the edges there? >> we're going to have a size of g
say, in governor romney's plan to restore the economy. they say they have -- have confidence in his economic leadership. even as commander in chief. that's one of the worrying signs here for the president. they don't know yet enough about mitt romney. but they still sort of are choosing someone else other than this incumbent president. which is why of course it's incumbent on this president and his vast campaign apparatus to start defining mitt romney. and really using a lot of these arguments...
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a quinnipiac poll earlier this month had president obama leading mitt romney by six points, 50% to 44%. we'll get a better snapshot of where we are in ohio tomorrow when we have two new polls, a quinnipiac swing state poll coming out tomorrow, as well as the ohio poll from the university of cincinnati. >> woodruff: and o.kay henderson in iowa, what does it look like there? >> it is a dead heat here as well. things have not changed much since the beginning of the year. the paul ryan pick is sort of turning out, as you talk with iowa republicans, as as "do no harm" pick. it really was not a game changer for republican voters. it may have reassured some conservatives, but it certainly didn't change the dynamic of the race in that you have republicans who vociferously hope to vote obama out of office, and you have democrats who want to retain the white house for president obama. >> woodruff: and, jon ralston in nevada, where president obama was campaigning today, what does it look like where you are? >> well, the race is close, judy. president obama when he was running for the presidency i
a quinnipiac poll earlier this month had president obama leading mitt romney by six points, 50% to 44%. we'll get a better snapshot of where we are in ohio tomorrow when we have two new polls, a quinnipiac swing state poll coming out tomorrow, as well as the ohio poll from the university of cincinnati. >> woodruff: and o.kay henderson in iowa, what does it look like there? >> it is a dead heat here as well. things have not changed much since the beginning of the year. the paul ryan...
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this time romney's firing his mud at rick santorum. gwen: but as santorum is soaring in state and national polls right now, it's because people are -- is it because people are for him or is it because people are against romney? karen, straighten us out. >> very uplifting stuff in those ads. you know, we've now seen this sequence of events play out so many times where somebody emerges as the alternative to romney. romney and his allies turn on the big guns. the negative ads. the scrutiny. they pulverize whoever this is. and it never clears the way for romney. he can't somehow make the sale. always there's another alternative that people are looking for. but at some point, you've got to assume that what is really going on here, more than anything else in this primary, the real dynamic is mitt romney and his inability to close the deal with the republican electorate. gwen: i heard him quoted today, someone asked him whether it was a two-race and he said it's always been a two--man race, bachmann, mccain, always somebody taking the momentu
this time romney's firing his mud at rick santorum. gwen: but as santorum is soaring in state and national polls right now, it's because people are -- is it because people are for him or is it because people are against romney? karen, straighten us out. >> very uplifting stuff in those ads. you know, we've now seen this sequence of events play out so many times where somebody emerges as the alternative to romney. romney and his allies turn on the big guns. the negative ads. the scrutiny....
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gwen, you are in rock hill and we just learned there's a new "time"/cnn poll showing romney's lead shrinking in south carolina. you've just come from a romney event. how is he reacting to all this new focus on his taxes? >> that's right, judy, his lean has gone from 20 points to 10 points. still a significant lead but obviously he feels newt gingrich breathing down his back. newt gingrich has been saying, you know, listen, my plan is to have a 15% tax rate for everyone and so therefore we just want to do what mitt romney did. but mitt romney should release his taxes it's that tax return issue which seems to have residents from the people we're talking to on the ground here we can also see both candidates are feeling the heat. newt gingrich is attacking romney calling him stupid and silly, or at least calling his attacks that. and romney has unleashed a bunch of surrogates and press releases attacking newt gingrich. so what we see here is a tightening race i haven't heard anyone who thinks romney won't win on saturday but there's more nervousness than this time last week. >> reporter: you men
gwen, you are in rock hill and we just learned there's a new "time"/cnn poll showing romney's lead shrinking in south carolina. you've just come from a romney event. how is he reacting to all this new focus on his taxes? >> that's right, judy, his lean has gone from 20 points to 10 points. still a significant lead but obviously he feels newt gingrich breathing down his back. newt gingrich has been saying, you know, listen, my plan is to have a 15% tax rate for everyone and so...
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abc had a poll ten days ago and it showed romney with a healthy lead and santorum 18 points behind. so the swings in this race are unlike anything we've ever seen and i think it reflects partly what bill said, that there is a block within the republican electorate that is still resistant to supporting mitt romney and they have moved from candidate to candidate to candidate looking for someone that they can kind of get behind and every time that person rises up, whether it was governor perry or newt gingrich or others, the romney campaign has taken aim at them. they've thrown millions of dollars in negative ads at each of them and they have knocked them down and so the question is, will that happen with rick santorum. >> ifill: dab, tell me what it is these voters are listening for. they're not, i assume, monolithic. is it something in santorum's message that's making them think "oh, yeah, i hadn't heard that, i'll support this guy"? >> i think it's two things. one there is genuine distrust about whether romney is truly conservative. whether they really believe he is the conservative
abc had a poll ten days ago and it showed romney with a healthy lead and santorum 18 points behind. so the swings in this race are unlike anything we've ever seen and i think it reflects partly what bill said, that there is a block within the republican electorate that is still resistant to supporting mitt romney and they have moved from candidate to candidate to candidate looking for someone that they can kind of get behind and every time that person rises up, whether it was governor perry or...
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and republican mitt romney hit the road on a new bus tour of ohio, as polling there showed the state sliding toward the obama column. as we reported earlier, the housing market is on the rise. find out how much online. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: on our making sense page, you can play with our interactive graphics and track the price index in 20 different u.s. cities. plus, you can follow the ups and downs for an average home's selling price. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at the presidential campaigns targeting young voters in ohio. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifll: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pb f newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this pr
and republican mitt romney hit the road on a new bus tour of ohio, as polling there showed the state sliding toward the obama column. as we reported earlier, the housing market is on the rise. find out how much online. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: on our making sense page, you can play with our interactive graphics and track the price index in 20 different u.s. cities. plus, you can follow the ups and downs for an average home's selling price. all that and more is on our web...
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a year ago, mitt romney led barack obama in the polls here in michigan. most people think that's because of all the negative publicity that has come out of mitt romney's and rick santorum's opposition to the federal bailout. that is a bailout that was popular among democrats and independents. i don't think it's going to be much of a factor among republican voters will in the tuesday, february 28, primary. but in a general election, if mitt romney is the nominee, he's got a problem on his hands because of that. >> woodruff: i hear you. and just to wrap up, mickey maynard, to what extent do you think this auto bailout issue is or isn't a factor for these republican voters next week? >> i think it's a factor for some of the republicans who are in, say, management at the car companies, because while i think republicans philosophically in general opposed the bailout, rbs in michigan probably supported the bailout because it was their jobs that were at stake. and to sort of follow up on one thing bill said. mitt romney went very public in favor of letting detro
a year ago, mitt romney led barack obama in the polls here in michigan. most people think that's because of all the negative publicity that has come out of mitt romney's and rick santorum's opposition to the federal bailout. that is a bailout that was popular among democrats and independents. i don't think it's going to be much of a factor among republican voters will in the tuesday, february 28, primary. but in a general election, if mitt romney is the nominee, he's got a problem on his hands...
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when you look at the poll numbers, the enthusiasm gap is pretty significant. >> one of the things we know is that the president has always enjoyed what they consider their faverblt air cushion. that voters, no matter what they think of his policies, tend to like him, think of him as an average nice guy. when we see the president doing things on entertainment shows or singing or whatever it is we're seeing him doing. he's trying to contrast against mitt romney who is considered in some way the dork. people are encouraging him to be the dork. be who you are. but the president has not necessarily assumed that mitt romney was going to be seen this way. they have gone out of their way to suggest to everyone who's listening or reading or watching that mitt romney is this person who's malleable, who's swinging in the wind. the president said the way he used marvelous. that he doesn't have an internal ruuder. that he's so wealthy he's trying to support a range of people he knows. that he never knew about college loans. >> that's right, your campaign is based on who you are. so the president
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president obama and mitt romney criss-crossed ohio, as more polls showed romney cutting into the president's lead, in the wake of last week's debate. and thousands of greeks staged angry protests against the visiting chancellor of germany, over her push for austerity policies. we have job search tips online. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: headhunter nick corcodilos offers this advice. starting a business is actually a great way to network and land a dream job. that's on our making sense page. and on art beat, we have a new feature, the tuesday cut line. give us your best caption on the photo posted for a chance to win a newshour mug. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshours on wednesday, we'll look at the battle for suburban voters in colorado. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you on-line, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> they can be enlightening or engaging. conversations help us learn and grow. >> and
president obama and mitt romney criss-crossed ohio, as more polls showed romney cutting into the president's lead, in the wake of last week's debate. and thousands of greeks staged angry protests against the visiting chancellor of germany, over her push for austerity policies. we have job search tips online. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: headhunter nick corcodilos offers this advice. starting a business is actually a great way to network and land a dream job. that's on...
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all the polls show it's going to be governor romney. are you forecasting he's going to win the nomination? >> i think we should wait until the results come in. i certainly wouldn't underestimate speaker gingrich who has shown the ability in this campaign to come back from this... from some adversity and put on a good campaign in other states. we'll see how that plays out. florida is a microcosm of america. you know the state well. literally every major issue that confronts america that we as republicans want our nominee to be able to confront those issues are found in florida. over the last ten days you've seen these candidates have to answer questions they didn't have to answer in some of the earlier states. i think ultimately-- i don't know how long it will take-- but if you win the florida primary especially if you win it decisively that bodes well not only to win the nomination but the general election. >> woodruff: senator today governor romney said he will continue to air negative ads and be very critical of speaker gingrich if th
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because everyone knew that mitt romney was going to win that. so rick perry already went to south carolina before new hampshire voters went to the polls. the race went on to south carolina quickly. >> we didn't hear much about the tea party in new hampshire. will it be a bigger player in south carolina? and if so, how? >> i would think so, that the tea party would be a bigger player but it is surprising and it's one of the interesting things about mitt romney's candidacy, is, at a time when the tea party has been such a force in american politics, we have a candidate that they don't like and haven't made a secret of that for a long time. >> beth, wouldn't you say the tea partiers in south carolina are having the same problem that the social conservatives have in iowa, and that is too many choices, scattered among the three candidates on the outside and the voice of the tea party coalition in south carolina, nikki haley, the governor, has endorsed romney. >> and jim demint, the senator, hasn't endorsed anybody but is saying friendly things about
because everyone knew that mitt romney was going to win that. so rick perry already went to south carolina before new hampshire voters went to the polls. the race went on to south carolina quickly. >> we didn't hear much about the tea party in new hampshire. will it be a bigger player in south carolina? and if so, how? >> i would think so, that the tea party would be a bigger player but it is surprising and it's one of the interesting things about mitt romney's candidacy, is, at a...
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, the interviews with voters as they left the polling places what do you see there? >> it is really interesting, judy, really, to reiterate something mark said, this was across-the-board victory for romney, you really have to look hard for places that speaker gingrich did well. he did well among the most conservative voters, gingrich, among strongest voters of the tea party, white evangelicals. people in north florida that you mentioned everywhere else romney did well, ideologically, romney did well among almost a third of the voters who a self described moderates or liberals, he beat gingriche by 39 points among that group and while romney beat gingrich very narrowly among conservatives, and as i said, gingrich did very well among strong conservatives when you look at voters who said they were somewhat conservative, a little bit more than a third of the sample, 19-point victory for mitt romney, so romney is making some inroads among conservatives, not the most conservative voters, but people who said they were somewhat conservative, and on religion is a variable, 60
, the interviews with voters as they left the polling places what do you see there? >> it is really interesting, judy, really, to reiterate something mark said, this was across-the-board victory for romney, you really have to look hard for places that speaker gingrich did well. he did well among the most conservative voters, gingrich, among strongest voters of the tea party, white evangelicals. people in north florida that you mentioned everywhere else romney did well, ideologically,...
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. >> ifill: well, don't forget, we saw billy graham and his son franklin graham have a meeting with romney and shortly thereafter take off of their web site that mormonism was considered to be a cult. >> woodruff: was there an exit poll? we haven't seen the exit polls in the last few minutes but i don't know if jeff and stu and christina have been -- is there anything having to do with religion or faith that may give us a clue about that? or anything else that we haven't -- >> yeah, we absolutely have that yes. >> can we help you out there, judy? >> we've got something here. >> there were a lot of different things. they looked at the different types of religion you had and which candidate you were supporting. mormons were supporting mitt romney 80% to 19% for president obama. protestants supported mitt romney 62% to 32% for president obama. catholics were fairly evenly split. the president actually won them 49% to 48%. and jewish voters went with the president 68% to 31%. that's actually an issue we've looked at a few times on the newshour, particularly looking at each man's foreign policy
. >> ifill: well, don't forget, we saw billy graham and his son franklin graham have a meeting with romney and shortly thereafter take off of their web site that mormonism was considered to be a cult. >> woodruff: was there an exit poll? we haven't seen the exit polls in the last few minutes but i don't know if jeff and stu and christina have been -- is there anything having to do with religion or faith that may give us a clue about that? or anything else that we haven't -- >>...
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>> "the washington post" had a poll today that showed barack obama with a lead in virginia. it's very early, but still, things that have been happening in virginia are problematic, or at least worrisome for romney and the republicans, because where obama did so well, there's a growing hispanic population there, and the hispanics are going to play crucial roles in other swing states. where he really did so well was in the washington suburbs are virginia, and that's where there's a lot of college-educated people, mobile people, and these increasingly are turning a little more democratic. so they've got -- romney has to worry about that type of he electrictor rat, the raleigh-durham of north carolina and that sort of thing. >> we saw the endorsements from newt gingrich. he also had michele bachmann endorse him. with friends like these, you might wonder, but what does this money at this point and what about santorum? >> he hasn't gone all the way with an endorsement. if any of them refuse to endorse, that would be the bigger story. you're right, there were very tepid -- that was
>> "the washington post" had a poll today that showed barack obama with a lead in virginia. it's very early, but still, things that have been happening in virginia are problematic, or at least worrisome for romney and the republicans, because where obama did so well, there's a growing hispanic population there, and the hispanics are going to play crucial roles in other swing states. where he really did so well was in the washington suburbs are virginia, and that's where there's...